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Hoosic River Release April 21st (NY)

The annual Hoosic River Whitewater Release into the Schaghticoke Gorge will be on Wednesday,
April 21, 2008 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. American Whitewater and Adirondack Mountain Club
negotiated these releases through a multi-year dam relicensing process. The Hoosic has something
for everyone: an impressive Class V upper section featuring a 30 foot falls, and a fun Class III
lower section featuring numerous play waves and holes. Schaghticoke Gorge is in Schaghticoke, New
York, about fifteen miles north of Troy.

Releases Depend on Inflow: Brookfield is required to provide a whitewater
release when inflow to the reservoir is between 800 and 1600 cfs. All inflow between 800 and 1600
cfs will be passed into the Gorge. If inflow is less than 800 cfs or over 1600 cfs, then the
release will be postponed to the following Wednesday (and so on, until a release is provided).
Please check flows and this article before heading to the river! You can check the inflow via the
Eagle Bridge Gage (see right gage box) on the Hoosic River (USGS 01334500). The Eagle Bridge gage
is a considerable distance upstream from the reservoir and consequently records a lower flow than
is present downstream. To correlate flows measured at Eagle Bridge with reservoir inflows
multiply the Eagle Bridge reading by 1.254 to determine the approximate reservoir inflow. The
Eagle Bridge gage should read 640 cfs or more to trigger a whitewater release into Schaghticoke
Gorge. As the flow increases beyond the 800 cfs inflow the hydraulics in the upper section
obviously get bigger. We will post updates on this article as we get closer to the
release.

Parking: Parking at the powerhouse take-out is limited to five vehicles. The
objective of limited parking is to reduce traffic on the road to the powerhouse. Overflow parking
is available on Chestnut Street, the road leading to the takeout. Boaters need to be
conscientious and respectful of the local landowners on this road. Drive 20 mph or less on the
powerhouse road--speed limits in excess of this will jeopardize relations with these
land-owners.

Please take photos and upload them to the AW photo database or send them to
kevin@americanwhitewater.org

Lastly, this whitewater release is the result of years of negotiationsThese negotiations require
significant time commitments of American Whitewater staff meeting with utility and resource
agency staff, reviewing and commenting on technical documents to convince other stakeholders in
the relicense process to support whitewater flows. Please join AW if you are not currently
a member.